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Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

Taxonomy
Stereostylus absitus was named by Jeffords (1947). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baldwin, Toronto Limestone, Douglas, which is in a Virgilian marine limestone in the Oread Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum by Fedorowski (1987).

Synonyms
  • Lophophyllidium spinosum was named by Jeffords (1947). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Graham, Young, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Graham Formation of Texas.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum by Fedorowski (1987).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Lophophyllidium spinosum Jeffords
1947Stereostylus absitus Jeffords
1987Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum Fedorowski p. 115 figs. 41:1-7; pl 10, figs 7-12,13; pl 13, figs 9-17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyLophophyllidaeGrabau 1928
genusLophophyllidiumGrabau 1928
subgenusLophophyllidiumGrabau 1928
speciesabsitum(Jeffords 1947)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Lophophyllidium spinosum Jeffords 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 09:12:54
Modified: 2007-09-18 11:12:54
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Roadian or 303.70000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Lophophyllidium absitum (43476 43488 43537 75957) Lophophyllidium spinosum (71497)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Lophophyllidium spinosum (71498 71500 71502 71503 217893 217894 217897 217901 217903 217905 217906 217908 217913 217915 217927 217929 217932 217977 217979 217992 218002 218004 218017 218021 218025 218029)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Stereostylus absitus (71519 type locality: 71520)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Lophophyllidium absitum (75962)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3East Timor Lophophyllidium spinosum (21163)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Lophophyllidium spinosum (41514)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Afghanistan Lophophyllidium spinosum (88264)